Incidentally I translated a few Destroyer novels, and they
just gets wackyer and wackyer, with a great work on the Remo
Williams character ‹ who, considering the way you look at
him, can be either a Great American hero or a complete
moron.There is definitely something Monty Pythonesque in
there.
Oh, and the first movie with Fred ward and Joel Grey was
really nice too. Too bad it bombed and they had to stop the
seriesŠ
T.
>
> I got a shipment of the first 40 or so
> Destroyer paperbacks on Saturday that I
> won in an eBay auction and read the first
> two--very funny and fast moving. There's
> a real shift in tone from book one, which
is
> more a straightforward, serious treatment
of
> the avenger theme, but which has its
moments,
> to book two, which is already pretty
whacked
> out, as Remo becomes the security officer
for
> a think-tank that has, apparently, developed
a
> simple plan for taking over the world. With
books
> like these, it's possible to read three or four of
them
> in a day, so I'll have to be careful to ration
them
> out. Just want to thank those who contributed
to
> the "men's adventure" string a few weeks back
and
> inspired me to look into these.
>
> Craig Larson
> Trinidad, CO
>
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